CI15129 - Senior Staff Nurse (Temporary), Preoperative Assessment

NHS Grampian
Posted October, 14, 2016 5:30 PM

This vacancy is no longer advertised

A post has arisen within Preoperative Assessment for an experienced Senior Staff Nurse to join a nurse led team as part of the Anaesthetic service. Preoperative Assessment is a busy area that covers multiple surgical specialties ensuring patients are fit or optimised in preparation for elective surgical intervention.

The department is looking for a diligent individual who can work well under pressure due to the high volume of work in line with government waiting times directives and ongoing service development. We are looking for someone who has extensive surgical experience within a busy surgical environment, anaesthetics/theatres or ITU.

The successful candidate must be willing to undergo extensive in house training and assessment to gain competence in aspects of physical examination and assessment for Anaesthetic. A working knowledge of IT systems used in the acute sector would be advantageous.

The individual must be hard working; innovative and able to work autonomously within own limitations, excellent communication skills and teamwork are essential. This post also requires you to take part in teaching nurses and medical students.

An attractive relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is available to successful candidates.

If you are interested in finding out more about the post please direct informal enquires to Senior Charge Nurse Karen Richardson 01224 553642.

To obtain the job description for this post please click on the following link - CI15129 - Senior Staff Nurse (temp) Preoperative Assessment.pdf